Safety-hanger for brake-beams.



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SAFETY HANGER POB BRAKE BEAM'S. APPLIOATION FILED 'EB. 5, 1908.

903,954. A f PatentedNov. 17, 1908.

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TURNEY ENGLISH BUCK, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY-HANGER FOR BRAKE-BEAMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1'7, 1908.

Application filed February 5, 1908. Serial No. 414,425.

i To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TURNEY ENGLISH BUCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Safety-Hanger forBrake-Beams, of which the following' is such a full, clear, and exactdescription as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a safety device adapted to supplement any ofthe brakehangers in common use; and is designed to prevent the fallingof the brake beam in case of breakage of the brake-hanger, and therebyobviate accidents which otherwise might occur andwhich in fact dofrequently occur, by reason of the breaking of the brakehanger at oneend of the beam and the falling of the brake beam onto the track whereit catches on the rail or ties, and is very likely to cause derailnientof the car, or otherl serious damage.

A prime purpose of the invention is to provide a safety hanger whichwill not interfere with the movement of the brake beam towards or awayfrom the Wheel but which will, in case of breakage of the primary brakehanger, support the brake beam so that it will not fall onto the track.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts shown in the annexed drawing towhich reference is hereby made and hereinafter particularly describedand finally recited in the claim.

Referring to the drawing in which similar reference letters, numerals,and characters, designate like parts in the several views, Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improved safety-hanger in position on the truck ofa car and connected with the brake beam and Fig. 2 is an enlargedisometric projection of the safety-hanger detached.

In the drawing l is a car wheel; 2 is the truck frame; 3 is the brakebeam; 4 is the brake block; 5 is the brake shoe; and 6 is a linkconnected with the car truck and supporting the brake beam in the usualWell known manner.

The safety-hanger is preferably of bar iron or steel and comprises twomembers A and B. The member A has at one end an eye a, and at the otherend a screw threaded part a2," and also has a shoulder a. A nut a3 fitson the screw threaded part a2 and is secured by a cotter pin a4 passingthrough the bolt. The member B has an eye b, a shoulder b', a screwthreaded part b2 and a nut b3 fitting' on the screw threaded part b2.The stem of the member A slides freely within the eye I), and the stemof the member B slides freely in the eye a.

I have shown and described a screw threaded part b2 extending through ahole 2 and connecting the member B with the truck frame; and a screwthreaded part a2 extending through a hole 3 and connecting the member Awith the brake beam; it is obvious however that any other suitable meansfor connecting the member B with the truck frame, and any other suitablemeans for connecting the member A with the may be used without departurefrom my invention.

The gist of the invention subsists in two members one slidablelengthwise on the other; one member being fixed upon any suitable stablesupport and the other member being fixed on the brake beam.

I have shown a link 6 connected with the truck frame 2 and supportingthe brake beam 3, but it is obvious that the brake beam may be supportedby any suitable hanger connected with the truck or other suitable stablesupport.

In practice the member A slides on the member B to permit sufficientoscillation of the beam 3, limited by the distance between the eyemembers b and a; and the parts are so connected and arranged that if thelink 6 breaks or becomes disconnected, the member A will slide on themember B until the eye member a strikes and stops against the eye memberb, and when the parts are in that position the members A and B willsupportthe brake beam and prevent it from falling onto the track.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a stable support, a safety-hanger member providedwith an eye adapted to receive the stem of a complemental safety-hangermember also provided with a shoulder and a screw threaded part extendingthrough said stable support, a nut securing said safety-hanger member onsaid stable support, a complemental safetyhanger member having an eyereceiving the brake beam,

siem of said -rst named Safety-hanger member and also having` a shoulderand a Screw threaded part, a brake beam having` a hole receiving theScrew threaded part of said eomplemental safety-hanger member; and aSecuring device Securing Said eomplemental safety-hanger member on saidbrake beam.

'In Witness whereof I have hereunto SubA scribed my name at SprngiieldIllinois this 2S da;7 of Jan., 1908. Y

TURNEY ENGLISH BUCK. litnesses Il. P. ANDERSON, J. 7. DAVISON.

